Sheridan v. New Orleans Great Northern R. Co.

This is a suit for the value of 48 head of cattle shipped by the plaintiff over defendant’s railroad from Slidell to the city of Bogalusa. The cattle were consigned to the shipper’s order under the Uniform Live Stock Contract, which had written across its face in pencil the words, “To be dipped and reshipped.”

When the shipment reached Bogalusa, the plaintiff demanded that the cattle be delivered at a dipping vat which was located in the town about a quarter of a mile from the railroad depot, but the defendant refused to do so because the vat had been discontinued and the lease under which the…